Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1020 - Deaf Smith County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1020.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "Director" means a member of the board. (3) "District" means the...
• Texas Section 1020.002 - Authority For Operation
  The district operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by this chapter. Added by...
• Texas Section 1020.003 - Essential Public Function
  The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1020.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Deaf Smith County, Texas, unless the boundaries are expanded under Subchapter D. Added by...
• Texas Section 1020.005 - Correction Of Invalid Procedures
  If a court holds that any procedure under this chapter violates the constitution of this state or of the United States, the district by resolution...
• Texas Section 1020.006 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
  The support and maintenance of the district may not become a charge against or obligation of this state. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1020.007 - Restriction On State Financial Assistance
  The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1020.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors elected from the district at large. (b) Directors serve staggered three-year terms. (c) An...
• Texas Section 1020.052 - Notice Of Election
  At least 35 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper of...
• Texas Section 1020.053 - Ballot Petition
  A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file with the board secretary a...
• Texas Section 1020.054 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not serve as a director unless the person is: (1) a district resident; and (2) a qualified voter. (b) A person...
• Texas Section 1020.055 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors by majority vote shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by...
• Texas Section 1020.056 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect: (1) a president and a vice president from among its members; and (2) a secretary, who need not be a...
• Texas Section 1020.057 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director or officer serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be:...
• Texas Section 1020.058 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of four directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1020.059 - District Administrator; Assistant Administrator
  (a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator. (c) The district administrator and any...
• Texas Section 1020.060 - General Duties Of District Administrator
  Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and (2) direct the...
• Texas Section 1020.061 - Employees; Appointment Of Staff
  (a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary...
• Texas Section 1020.062 - Recruitment Of Medical Staff And Employees
  (a) The district may spend district money, enter into agreements, or take other action it considers appropriate to recruit physicians, nurses, and other trained medical...
• Texas Section 1020.063 - Continuing Education; Retraining
  The board may spend district money for continuing education and retraining of employees. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec....

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1020.064 - Seniority; Retirement Benefits
  The board may: (1) adopt rules related to the seniority of district employees, including rules for a retirement plan based on seniority; and (2) give...
• Texas Section 1020.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for providing hospital care for the district's indigent residents. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1020.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
  A political subdivision located within the district may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital, medical, or health care purposes...
• Texas Section 1020.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1020.104 - Hospital System
  (a) The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by: (1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; (2) equipping...
• Texas Section 1020.105 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the hospital, the hospital system, and the district's staff and employees. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 1020.106 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  The board may prescribe: (1) the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) all accounting and control...
• Texas Section 1020.107 - Provision Of Certain Health Services
  The district may operate or provide for the operation of: (1) a mobile emergency medical service; or (2) home health services, long-term care, skilled nursing...
• Texas Section 1020.108 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system. (b) The board may lease all...
• Texas Section 1020.109 - Eminent Domain
  (a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in any type of property located in...
• Texas Section 1020.110 - Gifts And Endowments
  The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and...
• Texas Section 1020.111 - Construction Contracts
  A construction contract that requires the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, may be made only after competitive...
• Texas Section 1020.112 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a district facility. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1020.113 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Hospitalization
  (a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the hospitalization of a sick or injured person of...
• Texas Section 1020.114 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Investigatory Or Other Services
  The board may contract with a political subdivision or governmental agency for the district to provide investigatory or other services for the hospital or welfare...
• Texas Section 1020.115 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the...
• Texas Section 1020.116 - Nonprofit Corporation
  (a) The district may create and sponsor a nonprofit corporation under the Business Organizations Code and may contribute money to or solicit money for the...

SUBCHAPTER D CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES

• Texas Section 1020.117 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  (a) The district, through the board, may sue and be sued. (b) The district is entitled to all causes of action and defenses to which...
• Texas Section 1020.151 - Territory That May Be Annexed
  (a) The district may annex territory that is not located in: (1) Deaf Smith County; (2) the boundaries of another hospital district; or (3) the...
• Texas Section 1020.152 - Petition To Annex Territory
  (a) A petition requesting that territory be annexed to the district may be presented to the board. The petition must: (1) describe the tract or...
• Texas Section 1020.153 - Election Order
  (a) If, on receipt of a petition, the board finds that annexing the territory is in the district's best interest, the board shall within 90...
• Texas Section 1020.154 - Ballot
  The ballot for the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The establishment of the Deaf Smith County Hospital District...
• Texas Section 1020.155 - Notice Of Election
  (a) Notice of the election shall be given by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in...
• Texas Section 1020.156 - Election Results
  (a) Territory may not be annexed to the district unless: (1) an election is held in accordance with this subchapter; and (2) the annexation is...

SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1020.157 - Effect Of Annexation
  (a) Territory annexed to the district is part of the district for all purposes. (b) The annexation of territory to the district does not change...
• Texas Section 1020.201 - Budget
  (a) The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board. (b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement of:...
• Texas Section 1020.202 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) At least 10 days before the date of the hearing, notice...
• Texas Section 1020.203 - Amendments To Budget
  The budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1020.204 - Restriction On Expenditures
  Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1020.205 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed more than once in a...
• Texas Section 1020.206 - Audit
  (a) The board shall have an independent audit made of the district's financial condition for the fiscal year. (b) As soon as the audit is...
• Texas Section 1020.207 - Inspection Of Audit And District Records
  The audit and other district records shall be open to inspection at the district's principal office. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1020.208 - Financial Report
  As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board: (1) a complete sworn statement of...
• Texas Section 1020.209 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks inside or outside the district to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money,...

SUBCHAPTER F BONDS

• Texas Section 1020.210 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as provided by Section 1020.108(c) and Subchapter F, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than the revenue...
• Texas Section 1020.251 - General Obligation Bonds
  The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district for any purpose relating...
• Texas Section 1020.252 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1020.251, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1020.253 - General Obligation Bond Election
  (a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election...
• Texas Section 1020.254 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital, medical, or health care...
• Texas Section 1020.255 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1) sold,...
• Texas Section 1020.256 - Maturity Of Bonds
  District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1020.257 - Execution Of Bonds
  (a) The board president shall execute district bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by...

SUBCHAPTER G TAXES

• Texas Section 1020.258 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
  The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state: (1) bonds issued by the district; (2) the transfer...
• Texas Section 1020.301 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The board shall impose the tax to:...
• Texas Section 1020.302 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 50 cents on each $100 valuation of the taxable property in the...
• Texas Section 1020.303 - Election To Increase Maximum Tax Rate
  (a) The board may order an election to increase the district's maximum tax rate to a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100...
• Texas Section 1020.304 - Assessment And Collection By County Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) This section applies unless the board elects to have taxes assessed and collected under Section 1020.305. (b) The tax assessor-collector of Deaf Smith County...

SUBCHAPTER H DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1020.305 - Assessment And Collection By District Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) The board may elect to have district taxes assessed and collected by a tax assessor-collector appointed by the board. An election under this subsection...
• Texas Section 1020.351 - Dissolution; Election
  (a) The district may be dissolved as provided by this subchapter. (b) The board may order an election on the question of dissolving the district...
• Texas Section 1020.352 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Deaf Smith...
• Texas Section 1020.353 - Election Results
  (a) If a majority of the votes in the election favor dissolution and transfer of the district's assets and obligations, the board shall: (1) find...
• Texas Section 1020.354 - Transfer Of District Assets
  (a) If a majority of the votes in an election held under this subchapter favor dissolution and transfer of the district's assets and obligations, the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016